Game-cards.



J. Q'. ADAMS.

GAME CARDS. APPLIGATION FILED Nov. 26. 1909.

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J. Q. ADAMS. GAMB GARDS APBLIGATION FILED NOV.26. 1909.

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GAME-CARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912 Application filed November 26, 1909. Serial No. 530,051.

To all 'wwm 'it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN Q. ADAMS, a

citizen of the United States, vresiding at' Jamestown, 1n the county of Greene and ers with the order of precedence of the oliicers of the various divisions of the Army, and Which'may be played by persons unfamiliar With the use of ordinary playing'- cards.

In the United States Army, the Engineer Corpsis the highest branch ofthe service, and an ciiicer of that corps outranks the oflicers of corresponding grade in every other branch; the next highest division is the Artillery, then the Cavalry, and nally the Infantry. Thus a captain of artillery takes precedence over a captain of vcavalry or infantry, but is himself out-ranked by va captainof engineers. On the other hand, an officer of a higher corps is inferior to an oicer of neXt succeeding Vrank in a lower corps; thus the captain of artillery, While having precedence over the captains of cavalry and infantry, is of lower rank than a major of infantry; and a first lieutenant of infantry is superior to a second lieutenant in every higher corps. These principles are availed of in thel present game apparatus, which. consists of a packI of cards having military symbols or pictures and comprising suits representing different branches of the Army, as illustrated in the .accompanying drawings, in Which:

Figures l, 2, 3 and 4 show cards indicating privates from the several suits representing the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineer Corps respectively, Fig. 5 is a card representing a lieutenant of infantry. Figs. 6 and 7 are cards representing a cav- Y alry captain and major respectively. Fig. S

is a card representing a colonel of artillery. Fig. 9 is a card representing a general of engineers. Fig.` 10 is a card representing the commander in chief or President.

The. pack is composed of-forty-ive cards comprising foursimilar suits, ofl eleven cards each, representing the fourbranches of the army above named, andkan additional card representing the comlanderinphiefig'gI-he cards of each suit bear the colors and-insignumbered from l t 0 6'and provided With nia of the branch of the service which they represent; crossedguns and a blue border for the cards representingInfantry; crossed sabers and a yellow border for the Cavalry; crossed cannonsan'd a red border for the Artillery; castles and a White bordel' for lthe Engineer-Corps. These indicia. facilitate thedifl'erentiation, of the several suits, besides being instructive in familiarizing the players with the colors and insignia of the several branches of theservice. The 'first six cards of everysuit, representing privates or the body of the Army, are consecutively representations of corresponding numbers of privatesoldiers, infantrymen, cavalrymen, artillerymen and engineer-privates according to the particular suit. The remaining tive cards of every suit are provided with the representationsof uniformed vo'licer's of dif'- ferent ranks, belonging to the branch of the service indicated bythe suit; thus said cards may represent lieutenants, captains, majors, colonels and generals;,and to facilitate keeping their successive ranks in mind and familiarize the players With the order of ranking such cards may be successively. numbered from 7 to l1.' Thus each suit comprises a' like`number of cards of successively increasing values determinedby the rank of the oiicer or the number ofmen which the respective cards represent, and by the branch of the, service to which such olicer or number of men belong; consequently each card will have a value different from that of every other card in the pack, since alcard of given denomination of the Infantry is outranked by the corresponding card of the Cavalry, the latter by the corresponding card of Artillery, and all of these by the like card or Engineers; While the card representing the commander-in-chief, as in', the military organization, has a `supreme rank and value.,l A U In playing, the cards being ,shuledand dealt around among two, three, four. or n more players, and the object of-,the game being to capture lthe greatest number of squads, it is only necessary to bear in` mind that the value of the respective cards is determined bythe ranking Qtheocers or men which they represent. Forexample' if the first player leads with the five 0 .cayalry, the second player may,capture-"th\` 11.0

squad v'by playing either the si); of cavalry, QI thieve of artrllery .or engineers unlessv p ner is the winner.

a higher card iis played by the third -orfourth player; "but, assuming that the six of cavalry has been played, the third player may capture the` squad with the six of artillery or engineers or with the lieutenant of cavalry; and if the fourth player plays the. lieutenantl of any other branch oriusuit, he-

of ordinary cai'd games; and proiiciencyl in which will develop the memory as well as impart a very useful knowledge as to the order of ranking and precedence in the severalcorps of the Army.

l claim as my invention and desire 'to secure-by Letters Patent:

l. A pack of game cards comprising similar suits or divisions representing different branches of the military service of only one country; 'each suit including cards provided with the representations of differently-rank ing ollicers of the branch of the service corresponding to the suit, and also including cards oftcoiisecutively increasing values indicating the body of the same branch of the service and provided with representations of different numbers of privates corresponding to the values ,of the respective cards;

whereby each card'has a fixed value relative to every other card determined by the branch of the service, rank and number of the1 man or men which is represented thereon; the cards of each suit being also pro vided with indicia, of the branch of the Service represented, and with indicia of the relative values of the different cards in the suit.

2. A pack of game cards comprising four suits representing differently ranking branches of the military service of only one country viz: Infantry, Cavalry, Artil lei-y and Engineers; each 'suit compris- :ing eleven cards having successively Aincreasing values, and provided with mdicia thereof; the first six cards of the suit representing the body of the vcorresponding branch of the service and respective cards; and the last Iive'cards of the suitbeing provided with representaton j of officers of successivelyincreasing ranks .of the-'same branch of the service, and a single card provided with a representation.

of an olicer outranking the highest oiicers of all the' .suits and .also provided Withf' indicia whereby the value `ofeach card inthe pack is fixed and diifers from that of any of the others and is determined by the branch'of the service, rank and number.v of the Vman or men which it represents; ,the cards of each suit being-.also provided with indicia of the branch of the service repre- 3. A pack; of 'game cards comprising a plurality of similar suits representing dif-4 ferent branches of the military service of only one country, each card having a fixed valuedieren't from all the other-cards in the pack, and all of the cards of each suit bearing the distinguishing color of the particular branch of the service which it represents.

. 4. A pack of game' cards comprising four suits representing differently ranking branches of the military service ofonly one country, viz: Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery whereby the value of each card in the pack is fixed and differs from that of any ofthe others and is determined by the branch of the service, rank and number of the man or men which it represents; the vcards of each suit beingalso provided with indicia of the branch of the service represented.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

iii presenceof two witnesses.

`JOHN.Q. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

H. K. LAIRD, M. T. M. KNiGH'r. 

